List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Nara period: structures)
This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Nara period (710–794) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties (including *National Treasures).[1] Twenty-three surviving sites with the same number of component structures have been so designated.[2] All but three are National Treasures and all but one is in Nara Prefecture. Fourteen are located in the city of Nara; those at Tōdai-ji, Gangō-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and Yakushi-ji form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.[3] Six are at Hōryū-ji, part of the World Heritage Site Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area.[4]
Structures
See also
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- Cultural Properties of Japan
- Japanese Buddhist architecture
- List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Asuka period: structures)
- List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Heian period: structures)
References
- ^ "Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財 (建造物): 奈良" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara". UNESCO. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 19 May 2012.